"It may be that some cases will be too difficult for the local judges to decide, such as certain cases of property rights or of bodily injury or those cases that involve a distinction between murder and manslaughter. When this happens, go to the one place of worship chosen by the LORD your God,

They will give their decision, and you are to do exactly as they tell you.

Anyone who dares to disobey either the judge or the priest on duty is to be put to death; in this way you will remove this evil from Israel.

"Suppose two Israelites go to court to settle a dispute, and one is declared innocent and the other guilty.

He may be given as many as forty lashes, but no more; more than that would humiliate him publicly.

So I solemnly declare to the family of Eli that no sacrifice or offering will ever be able to remove the consequences of this terrible sin."

But any who sin deliberately, whether they are natives or foreigners, are guilty of treating the LORD with contempt, and they shall be put to death,

I have sinned against you---only against you--- and done what you consider evil. So you are right in judging me; you are justified in condemning me.

You do not want sacrifices, or I would offer them; you are not pleased with burnt offerings.

For there is no longer any sacrifice that will take away sins if we purposely go on sinning after the truth has been made known to us.

For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus,

And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.

"But King Sihon would not let us pass through his country. The LORD your God had made him stubborn and rebellious, so that we could defeat him and take his territory, which we still occupy.

The LORD had made them determined to fight the Israelites, so that they would be condemned to total destruction and all be killed without mercy. This was what the LORD had commanded Moses.

"Since when," Amaziah interrupted, "have we made you adviser to the king? Stop talking, or I'll have you killed!" The prophet stopped, but not before saying, "Now I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done all this and have ignored my advice."

If you do what is wrong, you will be severely punished; you will die if you do not let yourself be corrected.

And so they were not able to believe, because Isaiah also said,

"God has blinded their eyes and closed their minds, so that their eyes would not see, and their minds would not understand, and they would not turn to me, says God, for me to heal them."